Recent content by JohnDoe9838

I feel bad for the boys and girls who have been with guys with terrible hygiene. People, wash your penises. Having foreskin doesn't make you unsanitary, unless you're one of those people who won't even wash their butts because "hygiene is gay". If your foreskin prevents you from washing...

If it is important, has some symbolic meaning or will serve some purpose for the future, I describe the appearance in one sentence at most. If not, I just let the reader imagine the rest.

I agree with you. It's not about making the most realistic story in the world, but it's about verisimilitude, the illusion of something real. It makes me very salty that people just say "lol it's fantasy/escapism, no one cares". I mean, in the end it's true, a lot of people don't care (not even...

I like what I write, but I read and reread it over and over again when editing and translating it, so much so that it starts to lose its spark, like repeating a word so many times that it loses its meaning, like some sort of semantic satiation. The novelty, the enjoyment, is lost. But, after...

Although I agree, I'd like to add something to this (that nobody asked me, but I wanted to say). Switching from first person to third person can be done in the following cases: 1) The story is in third person limited present tense and is mixed with first person in past tense. Something like...

That person will not learn to speak, ever, even if he or she is taught later. They may be able to teach him or her to speak in sign language, but that's it. After a certain point, if a child did not learn a first language, they will never be able to learn. Sadly, we know these things from cases...

Fix your sleep schedule (if possible) if it's a little messy. When you go to sleep, do it with something in your hand that will make a lot of noise when it falls (nothing that will break or hurt you). When you wake up in that moment of confusion, of hypnagogia, try to write down everything that...

Sorry this is a bit off topic, but this reminds me a lot of that argument about video games causing violent behavior and whatnot. In the end, it's all fiction, we write for fun, to express ourselves, to vent, or because THE HORNY. Still, I can understand a little bit of where that attitude comes...

Hmm, I'd give myself a 4/10, not very original of me. I use Spanish names so maybe to an English speaker it seems a bit exotic anyway. I haven't given a chance to write anything fantasy yet, so there I guess I'm going to have to step up my game. (I'll probably do some Spanish name mishmash again).

Well, getting back to the topic, I suppose much of EscLate's perception could be due to these two issues. Also, I say this with all due respect and I hope it doesn't sound condescending, there is a big difference between fourteen and twenty-three years old: your preferences for things mature...

By "moral decline" you mean those protagonists who do a lot of horrible things just for the sake of it? The story never justifies it, the protagonist doesn't face consequences, that kind of thing? If this is what you mean, I guess it's like "longer" says, it's an extreme form of escapism from...

Speaking of stuff that doesn't make sense (I guess): "She's always looking for the fifth leg of the cat." I swear it makes perfect sense in Spanish...

Oof, I'm going to follow this post closely. I literally use an internet translator to write everything, I would like to know how many mistakes I can make. Although a couple of mistakes come to mind that I've made and have been able to catch in time: Confusing "tongue" with "thong" (oops)...

I'm of mind with Impotent. Would zombies with less common blood types be the most powerful? How would the Rh factor affect them? Would someone with Rh null blood (the rarest blood type) be a super-powerful special infected? Perhaps immune to the disease?